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CBS 60 minutes nails the Wall Street swindle

5. October 2008

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The network that gave us perky Katie Couric as a news anchor and a fluff piece on Blackwater has just aired a piece on what exactly happened to our now-failed economic system. In about twelve minutes they explained in no uncertain terms how a few economic maggots lied, cheated and stole our economic future. The [...]

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A trillion dollars…..all for Hank Paulson…..no strings…OK

23. September 2008

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Three pages. Yep THREE PAGES!!! Read it HERE, it won’t take long. This thing ,as written, gives 700 BILLION dollars to ONE guy to do with whatever HE sees fit. It can be used for ANYTHING. He could literally give a billion to the RNC for “consulting” fees. He could give a hundred billion to [...]

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What does John McCain stand for? Part two

16. September 2008

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So what does John McCain stand for? Apparently a LOT of people want to know because that post we wrote a while back seems to be getting a lot of hits lately. It’s kind of hard to pin him down by listening to him speak. So, I decided to do an update. OK, here goes. Where [...]

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From the North of US

14. September 2008

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Cross-posted at Liberaltopia: Up until about two weeks ago, Alaska was that place somewhere around the North Pole that you sometimes heard about but never really considered.  The last of the great outdoors, pristine wilderness, a place where Republicans want to drill for o’l. Then John McCain pulls a boner and picks obscure as the state is [...]

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Three reasons (among a hundred others) that this is a very important election

13. September 2008

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Without devolving into “issues” like lipstick, pigs or lying ads, here are three reasons why this is the most important election cycle in recent history. When ANY VP candidate claims that the US can’t “second guess” anything Israel does, consider THIS. When ANY candidate’s foriegn policy credentials are called in to question, THIS could be [...]

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NAFTA,GATT,WTO and the conventions

7. September 2008

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I listened and watched as much of BOTH conventions this year as I could. The GOP never mentioned the economy. The Dems never mentioned Islamo-fascists. The Dems talked about closing tax loop holes, the GOPers talked about extending them and making them permanente. A couple things that ,as far as I know, weren’t brought up [...]

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RNC is done

4. September 2008

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The RNC finished up their convention tonight. The roles seem to be clear. Governor Palin will take the role of attack dog, and Senator will act as kindly old war hero. We’ll try our best to provide perspective on this AND the DNC convention on tomorrows Equal Time. We don’t think it will take an [...]

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JOOOOOOOOOmentum

22. August 2008

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So Barack Obama chose Joe Biden as his running mate. Any comments?

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Bruce Lachney for Pierce County Council

21. August 2008

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OK OK, I know I’m behind on my posting. It’s summer and I’ve been up to my fetlocks with other projects. But I couldn’t wait any longer to post about Bruce Lachney. Bruce is running for Pierce County Council. I admit that we usually concentrate on national and statewide issues and candidates, but this guy [...]

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Peter Goldmark for Public lands Commissioner

19. July 2008

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This week we interviewed Peter Goldmark, a Democrat running for Commissioner of public lands. Dr Goldmark is a well educated man who is also a farmer/rancher from Okanogan in eastern Washington. You can read about Peter’s background and experience HERE. Dr Goldmark is a soft-spoken man,very knowledgeable and experienced in how to best manage our [...]

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